Homologue

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which is homologous; something having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which is homologous to something else
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
  • noun. A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  • noun. One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  • noun. A member of a homologous series
  • Word Usage
    "The parts which stand in such a relation to each other are said to be homologous, and one such part or organ is called the homologue of the other."
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